YouTube lyrics of 12 Dec 2015: Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams

"Drunken Angel"
Written & performed by Lucinda Williams on Car Wheels on Gravel Road (1998)

This song is a tribute to songwriter Blaze Foley. Townes Van Zandt once said of him, "Blaze only went crazy once, but he decided to stay there." Foley's songs have made the charts with covers by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, Joe Prine and Van Zandt. Foley was killed by a friend's adult son who was acquitted on grounds of self-defense. He was known to put duct tape on his boot tips in mockery of the Urban Cowboy set.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=cckroKLPsqg

Sun came up it was another day
And the sun went down you were blown away
Why'd you let go of your guitar
Why'd you ever let it go that far
Drunken Angel
Could've held on to that long smooth neck
Let your hand remember every fret
Fingers touching each shiny string
But you let go of everything
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side
Followers would cling to you
Hang around just to meet you
Some threw roses at your feet
And watch you pass out on the street
Drunken Angel
Feed you and pay off all your debts
Kiss your brow taste your sweat
Write about your soul your guts
Criticize you and wish you luck
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side

Some kind of savior singing the blues
A derelict in your duct tape shoes
Your orphan clothes and your long dark hair
Looking like you didn't care

Drunken Angel
Blood spilled out from the hole in your heart
Over the strings of your guitar
The worn down places in the wood
That once made you feel so good
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side
Drunken Angel
You're on the other side
Sun came up it was another day
And the sun went down you were blown away
Why'd you let go of your guitar
Why'd you ever let it go that far
Drunken Angel Drunken Angel